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59
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13482
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2419
National Ranking
855

Overview

George Wittemyer is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Ecology. Over the course of their career, they have contributed extensively to the understanding of wildlife ecology and conservation.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology

They have frequently published in several venues notable for ecology and conservation research, including:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Movement Ecology

Their recent papers reflect a diverse interest within wildlife and ecological sciences, including:

  • "A synthesis of health benefits of natural sounds and their distribution in national parks," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Disturbance type and species life history predict mammal responses to humans," 2021, Global Change Biology
  • "Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations," 2021, Science
  • "Human footprint and protected areas shape elephant range across Africa," 2021, Current Biology
  • "Characterizing the landscape of movement to identify critical wildlife habitat and corridors," 2020, Conservation Biology

Collaboration is an important aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Iain Douglas-Hamilton
  • Kim M. Pepin
  • Jenna Parker
  • Shifra Z. Goldenberg
  • Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau

George Wittemyer's research spans multiple subfields contributing to Environmental Science, such as:

  • Ecology
  • Small Animals
  • Social Psychology
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Genetics

Best Publications

  • Moving in the Anthropocene : global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements

    Marlee A. Tucker;Katrin Böhning-Gaese;William F. Fagan;John M. Fryxell

  • Accelerated Human Population Growth at Protected Area Edges

    George Wittemyer;Paul Elsen;William T. Bean;A. Coleman O. Burton

  • A synthesis of two decades of research documenting the effects of noise on wildlife

    Graeme Shannon;Megan F. McKenna;Lisa M. Angeloni;Kevin R. Crooks

  • The socioecology of elephants: analysis of the processes creating multitiered social structures

    George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Wayne Marcus Getz;Wayne Marcus Getz

  • The dynamics of animal social networks: analytical, conceptual, and theoretical advances

    Noa Pinter-Wollman;Elizabeth A. Hobson;Jennifer E. Smith;Andrew J. Edelman

  • Practical guidance on characterizing availability in resource selection functions under a use–availability design

    Joseph M. Northrup;Mevin B. Hooten;Mevin B. Hooten;Charles R. Anderson;George Wittemyer

  • Illegal killing for ivory drives global decline in African elephants

    George Wittemyer;Joseph M. Northrup;Julian Blanc;Iain Douglas-Hamilton

  • Devastating decline of forest elephants in Central Africa

    Fiona Maisels;Fiona Maisels;Samantha Strindberg;Stephen Blake;George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer

  • Characterising the impacts of emerging energy development on wildlife, with an eye towards mitigation

    Joseph M. Northrup;George Wittemyer

  • Noise pollution is pervasive in U.S. protected areas.

    Rachel T. Buxton;Megan F. McKenna;Daniel Mennitt;Kurt Fristrup

  • Behavioural reactions of elephants towards a dying and deceased matriarch

    Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Shivani Bhalla;George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer;Fritz Vollrath;Fritz Vollrath

  • Stable isotopes in elephant hair document migration patterns and diet changes.

    Thure E. Cerling;George Wittemyer;Henrik B. Rasmussen;Fritz Vollrath

  • Social dominance, seasonal movements, and spatial segregation in African elephants: a contribution to conservation behavior

    G. Wittemyer;W. M. Getz;W. M. Getz;F. Vollrath;F. Vollrath

  • A synthesis of health benefits of natural sounds and their distribution in national parks.

    Rachel T Buxton;Amber L Pearson;Claudia Allou;Kurt Fristrup

  • Hierarchical dominance structure and social organization in African elephants, Loxodonta africana

    G. Wittemyer;G. Wittemyer;W.M. Getz

  • Efficacy of extracting indices from large‐scale acoustic recordings to monitor biodiversity

    Rachel T. Buxton;Megan F. McKenna;Mary Clapp;Erik Meyer

  • Road traffic noise modifies behaviour of a keystone species

    Graeme Shannon;Lisa M. Angeloni;George Wittemyer;Kurt M. Fristrup

  • Elucidating the significance of spatial memory on movement decisions by African savannah elephants using state-space models.

    Leo Polansky;Werner Kilian;George Wittemyer

  • Disturbance type and species life history predict mammal responses to humans

    Justin P. Suraci;Kaitlyn M. Gaynor;Maximilian L. Allen;Peter Alexander

  • A Comparison of Social Organization in Asian Elephants and African Savannah Elephants

    Shermin de Silva;George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer

  • Breeding phenology in relation to NDVI variability in free‐ranging African elephant

    George Wittemyer;Henrik Barner Rasmussen;Iain Douglas-Hamilton

  • Disentangling the effects of forage, social rank, and risk on movement autocorrelation of elephants using Fourier and wavelet analyses

    George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer;George Wittemyer;Leo Polansky;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Iain Douglas-Hamilton;Wayne M. Getz;Wayne M. Getz

Frequent Co-Authors

Iain Douglas-Hamilton
Iain Douglas-Hamilton Save the Elephants
Kevin R. Crooks
Kevin R. Crooks Colorado State University
Fritz Vollrath
Fritz Vollrath University of Oxford
Wayne M. Getz
Wayne M. Getz University of California, Berkeley
Stephen Blake
Stephen Blake Saint Louis University
Thure E. Cerling
Thure E. Cerling University of Utah
Peter Arctander
Peter Arctander University of Copenhagen
Hans R. Siegismund
Hans R. Siegismund University of Copenhagen
Fiona Maisels
Fiona Maisels Wildlife Conservation Society
Peter Leimgruber
Peter Leimgruber Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

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